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Porsena, Lars, active 6th century B.C

LC control no.nr 89003318
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Personal name headingPorsena, Lars, active 6th century B.C.
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Variant(s)Mastarna, active 6th century B.C.
Porsena, active 6th century B.C.
Porsena, Lars, 6th cent. B.C.
Porsenna, active 6th century B.C.
Porsenna, Lars, active 6th century B.C.
Beginning date-05
Found inFabrizi, F. Chiusi, 1987: t.p. (Porsenna) p. 11 (powerful Etruscan leader; helped King Tarquinio in attempting to return to power in Rome, 507 or 506 B.C.)
Enc. Brit., 1967 (Porsena (Porsenna), Lars, K. of Clusium in Etruria, traditionally at the end of the 6th cent. B.C.)
Ox. class. dict., 2nd ed. (Porsen(n)a; prob. Etruscan title misinterpreted by Roman tradition as name of a chieftain; Lars Porsenna of Clusium; Porsenna and Mastarna are to be considered most probably as Roman and Etruscan names respectively of the same Etruscan king who attained power in Rome towards end of 6th cent. B.C.)
WWW in the Roman world, 1980 (Porsenna, Lars, Etruscan king, late 6th cent. B.C.; Porsenna, king of Clusium, subjugated Rome ca. 507 B.C.)
Enc. Amer., c1988 (Porsena, Lars, semilegendary Etruscan prince, late 6th cent. B.C.)